Just Sitting Here Watching the Wheels Go Round and Round

After a full night of philosophy, music, politics and discussion of past experiences with the ole bff; i began cleaning up the table of scattered vynils we reminisced over. We bonded over The Beatles in the middle of our Freshman year in high school. True Beatles lovers we were, not the, "i know this song and that song" type. That's a pretty strong foundation if you ask me.
After getting everything in to place, i saw one sitting on the loveseat in my room. I picked it up and saw John Lennon's, "Walls and Bridges" sleeve smiling at me.



I sat down looking at this face for a few minutes and then decided to have a personal guitar session with Imagine. In the history of music, few songs that are truly great are truly credited for their greatness. It warms me to realize that Imagine is one of those songs that is properly credited.
What's even more amazing are the amount of religious people that love the song. It's not about religion or politics yet, it is, it's about the absence of them. John Lennon's abilities as a song writer were tantamount to Kieth Richards' addiction to drugs.
The song has outlasted the generational gaps and built new foundation for each of the generations it's passed through. I can't really say if the song still carries the same meaning it once did because i have nothing to compare the thought to but, my guess is that even if it does, it doesn't run as deep. It's all been said now and regurgitated and overplayed. And John Lennon is dead. The peace movement is over, the music that carried the movement is over and what still exist plays reunion tours... so the message couldn't possibly be the same.
One of the few from the era that has managed to maintain the glow of what i love about the 60's and 70's is Neil Young. Even in his old age, the man is still kicking ass on stage and screaming the message out that John Lennon died for (yes, i'm a conspiracy theorist). When people ask me why i don't like modern pop music, it's not really easy to explain to them that it has no message. It's narcissistic and self-centered. To this response i'm deemed a hipster or music-snob but, to that i say, "listen to Imagine and then listen to your beloved pop music circa 2010". If you can't tell the difference, then you're simply dancing.
The Beatles and John Lennon and George Harrison, they were pop music and they still had a message so, there is no excuse for the majority of pop music to be so vapid.
I have no qualms with music being narcissistic but, not the majority. Music can evoke change and create small ripples. Now, the ripple effect says, "each man for himself".
What the hell happened?

So, after a bit of vented frustration, i give you one of my favorite John Lennon songs:
Watching The Wheels (From Acoustic)